Java exception "String index out of range" when inventorying XEN guest.

  • 7012754
  • 02-Jul-2013
  • 28-Oct-2013

Environment

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2 Inventory

Situation

When looking in ZCC, not all XEN guests are reported, due to Inventory for some XEN guests fails.
In the zmd-messages log for the XEN guest, the following error message can be seen:
[InventoryHandler] [java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1] [] []

Resolution

This is fixed in version 11.2.4 - see KB 7012027 "ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2.4 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7012027